GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 17.6.4/17.7.3/17.8.1 Request information expsure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.6.4/17.7.3/17.8.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Request Handler. The manipulation leads to information expsure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-1212. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.6.4/17.7.3/17.8.1 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information expsure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-497. The product does not properly prevent sensitive system-level information from being accessed by unauthorized actors who do not have the same level of access to the underlying system as the product does. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An information disclosure vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.3 prior to 17.6.5, 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, and 17.8 prior to 17.8.2 allows an attacker to send a crafted request to a backend server to reveal sensitive information.

It is possible to read the advisory at gitlab.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-1212 since 02/10/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 216168 (GitLab 8.3 < 17.6.5 / 17.7 < 17.7.4 / 17.8 < 17.8.2 (CVE-2025-1212)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 17.6.5, 17.7.4 or 17.8.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (216168). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information expsure
CWE: CWE-497
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 216168
Nessus Name: GitLab 8.3 < 17.6.5 / 17.7 < 17.7.4 / 17.8 < 17.8.2 (CVE-2025-1212)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 17.6.5/17.7.4/17.8.2

Timelineinfo

02/10/2025 🔍
02/12/2025 +2 days 🔍
02/12/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/06/2025 +175 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 502196
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-1212 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-1212
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-295547

Entryinfo

Created: 02/12/2025 16:48
Updated: 08/06/2025 22:18
Changes: 02/12/2025 16:48 (65), 02/13/2025 01:21 (2), 08/06/2025 22:18 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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